The UK’s Money Laundering Mess (I)
The Billion Dollar Moldova Bank Scam: gateway to the UK’s money laundering mess
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TPP Intellectual Property Chapter is “A Disaster for Global Health”
Yet another damming take on the TPP.
Read more...Payday Lenders Pay Off the System So They Can Keep Ripping Off Borrowers
Paying a visit to payday lenders at one of their conferences.
Read more...Don Quijones: Did the European Court of Justice Just Torpedo the Mother of All US Trade Agreements?
A European Court of Justice’s tough ruling on privacy may have tanked a toxic “trade” deal.
Read more...U.S. Climate Goals: A Reckoning
The current US lifestyle needs to go if the world is to succeed in limiting climate change.
Read more...Clinton Outdoes Tsipras in Kolotoumbas with Her Reversals on TPP, Bank Regulations
The big problem with Hillary is it is hard to believe she stands for anything other than her desire to exercise power. Her latest bout of opportunism only reinforces that notion.
Read more...How Likely are Investor Suits Under the TPP?
This post is written from the perspective of Australia, and assesses the risk of Investor-State Dispute Settlement litigation. And one has to wonder how well those cheery assurances of “Nah, the US is never a target of these investor suits” will hold up in practice.
Read more...Right-Wing Urban Outfitters Now Asking Employees to Work for Free
Gawker caught out Urban Outfitters attempting to violate labor laws.
Read more...John Helmer: What Ambulance-Chasing Lawyers Reveal About the MH17 Shoot-Down – Insufficient Evidence For Prosecution in Any National or International Court
More discussion of the state of evidence, plus legal and political maneuvering, in the MH17 downing investigation.
Read more...Michelle Obama Helps Legitimate Private Equity Camo-Washing
The Obamas lend their name to a private equity brand-building exercise.
Read more...Bernanke’s Cockroaches
Every time I read a new, improved set of excuses from people like Bernanke, I feel like I’ve walked into my kitchen and turned on the lights after the exterminator paid a visit, only to find cockroaches all over my counter yet again.
Read more...The Right Wing’s Assault on the Post Office – Smashing the Myth That It’s in Financial Trouble
Yes, Virginia, the Post Office is cash flow positive and deserves to carry on as is.
Read more...Michael Hudson on Parasitic Financial Capitalism
An interview with Michael Hudson on his latest book, Killing the Host, which focuses on the destruction wrought by financial capitalism.
Read more...Lawrence Wilkerson: “The Empire is in Deep, Deep Trouble”
Lawrence Wilkerson describes the path of empires in decline and shows how the US is following the classic trajectory.
Read more...CalSTRS Board Chairman Harry Keiley, in Op-Ed Rejected by Financial Times, Gave Inconsistent and Inaccurate Information in Carry Fee Scandal
The Financial Times saved CalSTRS board chairman Harry Keiley from embarrassing himself. We aren’t.
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